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Stanford security
Posted inBay Area

Jewish groups in Silicon Valley invited to apply for grants to cover security needs

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 28, 2026May 28, 2026
Former mayor of Sausalito Janelle Kellman (left) and former mayor of Novato Josh Fryday (right) are both Jewish candidates for lieutenant governor in the upcoming primary election on June 2. (Screenshots via Facebook/ Janelle Kellman, Josh Fryday)
Posted inPolitics

Two Jewish Bay Area ex-mayors are running for California lieutenant governor

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Pride parade
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Pride Shabbat, Berkeley supper club, climate change anxiety

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 26, 2026May 26, 2026
Sesame seeds
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Crypto-Jews, LGBTQ Israeli youth, all foods sesame

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 19, 2026May 26, 2026
Participants circle the room during Shavuot at Chochmat HaLev in Berkeley, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Shavuot joy, open mic and ‘magick recipes’

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight May 12, 2026May 12, 2026
A "smart mezuzah" designed by engineering student Tofic Esses won first place at the first annual Craig Exhibition of Jewish Engineering at UC Berkeley. (Courtesy)
Posted inIdeas

Light-up mezuzah snags first Jewish engineering prize at Cal

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 6, 2026May 6, 2026
A Golden State Valkyries game at Chase Center in San Francisco, Aug. 31, 2025. (Sarah Stierch via Flickr, Public Domain)
Posted inCalendar

Upcoming events: Basket weaving, Gary Shteyngart, psychedelics 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 5, 2026May 5, 2026
Howard Reich looking through family photos. (Courtesy Verismo Communications)
Posted inMusic

New opera explores how Elie Wiesel helped a child of survivors begin to heal

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 4, 2026May 4, 2026
Community members sing during a Lag Ba’Omer bonfire at Urban Adamah in Berkeley. (Courtesy Sacred Music Fellowship)
Posted inCalendar

Bonfires, drum circles and music at Lag Ba’Omer events around the Bay Area

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight April 29, 2026May 1, 2026
Michael Makstman at his office in S.F. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe J. Interview

He left his past in Ukraine, and now runs S.F.’s entire tech operation

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 28, 2026April 28, 2026

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